Optimized configuration of a hose reel traveling irrigator

• Published in: Agricultural water management Vol. 240; p. 106302
• Main Authors: Ge, Maosheng, Wu, Pute, Zhu, Delan, Zhang, Lin, Cai, Yaohui
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V 01.10.2020
• Subjects: application rate; case studies; Configuration scheme; greenhouse gases; Hose reel traveling irrigator; Indicator system; irrigation; labor; Multi-objective evaluation; principal component analysis; society; water management; yields; Indicator system; Multi-objective evaluation; Hose reel traveling irrigator; Configuration scheme

•Guidance is provided on a method to optimize a hose reel traveling irrigator.•Two technical, two economic, and three social and environmental factors were evaluated.•The results of two statistical methods agree.•Optimization with and without social and environmental factors bring inconsistent resul...